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TIL Spengler (1880-1936) predicted that about the year 2000, Western civilization would enter the period of pre‑death emergency which would lead to 200 years of Caesarism (extra-constitutional omnipotence of the executive branch of government) before Western civilization's final collapse.

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aw9BJ TIL the term "Freelancer" refers to a knight in the Middle Ages not under feudal oaths who sold his services to the highest bidder. Since a knight's primary weapon was a lance, he was a "free" "lancer"
GAL0Q TIL The remains of a complete male A. dirus (Dire Wolf) are sometimes easy to identify compared to other Canis specimens because the baculum (penis bone) of the dire wolf is very different from that of all other living canids.
5Y1g8 TIL that DNC party bosses stole the VP nomination from Henry Wallace and got Truman on the ballot with FDR in 1944
jNW9v TIL pirates accepted gay marriage and often had relationships with other male pirates for protection and companionship. Pirates enmeshed in matelotage shared everything from affection and other sexual partners to possessions.
NXgm8 TIL that 1 in 4 entrepreneurs in the US is foreign-born, and the biggest demographic shift toward entrepreneurship since 1996 has occurred in people aged 55 to 64 and the biggest decline has occurred in people aged 20-34.